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The Big Gun Part 1
Originally Aired: May 24, 1953
Dragnet #205, "The Big Gun Part 1," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith catch a case involving a missing rental truck. After Frank recounts his disastrous fishing trip that ended with him spending his day off catching nothing but sunburn on a pier, the partners head to Coventry U Drive truck service on Pico Boulevard. Manager Stephen Cole reports that a man named George Summers rented a brand new two-ton Ford stake truck on Saturday morning, claiming he needed it for a couple hours to haul furniture. The truck never came back, and Summers hasn't been…
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